Index 



281 



Rolleston, G., election of, and bio- 

 graphical note on, 59. 



Roman medicine stamp exhibited, 

 210. 



Ronconi, M., and daguerrotyping 

 nebulae, 112. 



Roscoe, H. E., election of, and bio- 

 graphical note on, 75 ; communi- 

 cations from, 213, 229, 246. 



Rosse, Earl of (third), election of, 

 30 ; biographical note on, 31 ; 

 communications from, 112, 113, 

 124 ; death of, 61. 



Rosse, Earl of (fourth), election of, 

 and biographical note on, 68 ; 

 communications from, 229, 230, 



237- 



Rowlands' gratings, machine for 

 ruling devised by the Professor, 

 224. 



Royal Society, et seq., 28 ; its 

 Proceedings, 38, and proposals 

 for their more frequent publi- 

 cation, 39 ; on its advice to 

 Government, 63 ; tenure of its 

 Presidency, id. ; suggested 



changes in rules for election to, 

 65 ; number annually elected 

 discussed, 68 ; soiree proposed, 

 69 ; formation of a Relief Fund 

 approved, 144 ; meeting-room 

 and vestibule lighted for first time 

 by electricity, 217 ; the results 

 approved, 218. 



Royal Society Club, joint dinner 

 with, 86 ; fusion with, 94. 



Royle, J. F., biography of, 19 ; 

 communications from, 100, 109, 

 113, 114, 119. 



Rubies, artificial, 203 ; in crystalline 

 limestone from Burma, 239. 



Rucker, A. W., election of, and 

 biographical note on, 85 ; com- 

 munications from, 242, 253. 



Rules, changes in, 29, 43, 48, 72, 

 84. 



Russell, W. J., election of, and bio- 

 graphical note on, 90 ; com- 

 munications from, 237, 251. 



Russia, Czar of, assassinated by a 

 bomb, 215. 



Rust, Mr. Jarnes, account of black 

 rain, 158. 



Sabine, E., biography of, 20 ; com- 

 munications from, 99, 115, 122, 

 123, 130, 136, 137, 138 ; resigna- 

 tion of, 67. 



St. James' Hall, place of dinner, 55. 



St. Victor, M. N. de, experiments on 

 sensitive paper for photography, 

 144. 



Salt Range, extension of, in Punjab, 

 114. 



Sand, effect on wood of drifting, 206. 



Saturn's rings, observations of, 129, 

 156. 



Sawfish, cuts with its rostrum 

 through gutta-percha of a sub- 

 marine cable, 198. 



Schilthorn, winter temperature on 

 upper part, 219. 



Schlagintweit, Messrs., on tempera- 

 ture and density of Eastern 

 Mediterranean, 125 ; return to 

 Calcutta announced, 129. 



Schonbein, Professor, on oxydizing 

 agents, 116. 



Schroeder, experiments on fermenta- 

 tion, 155. 



Schwarz, M., difference engine in- 

 vented by, 125. 



Sciatic nerve, results of cutting the, 

 144. 



Science, Physical, teaching of, 

 ordered by Public School Com- 

 missioners, 195. 



Scientific Aids, Government Com- 

 mission on, discussed, 63 ; 

 men and Lord Raglan's army, 

 40 ; Relief Fund, 52 ; Research, 

 impeded by decentralization, 37 ; 

 Societies, juxtaposition of, 27, 28, 

 30, 32, 33, 35. 37- 43 : joint 

 meetings of, 32 ; report of Com- 

 mittee on, 33 ; proposals for 

 accommodation of, 35, 37. 



Sclater, P. L., election of, and bio- 

 graphical note on, 56 ; com- 

 munications from, 174, 180, 181, 

 183, 186, 190, 191, 200, 203, 227, 

 229, 236, 248, 249 ; placed on 

 supernumerary list, 85. 



Scotland, South, date of its main 

 physical features, 257. 



Sea-serpent, accounts of the, 102- 

 105. 



